Hiking, Biking and Walking around Costa Rica

  Home In this blog, you will find some pages with information, pictures, videos, and practices related to reading, vocabulary, and grammar, contextualized for eight grade students. The unit used was the number six of the Ministerio de Educación Publica, called "Amazing Costa Rica" and the theme is "Hiking, Biking and Walking around Costa Rica". Also, you will find a page with the information and the resumé of each of the instructors. ____________________________________________ Pictures taken from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/es/

 Reading On this page, you will find an email. Read it carefully and then access the link below to play a game related to the reading.  _______________________________________________________ Click here to read the email in a better quality _____________________________________________________________ Activity Instructions:  1. Click on the following link, it will display a game on wordwall. 2. Click the start button to start the game. 3. Answer the questions by clicking on the correct box of information. 4. Enjoy the game! Click here to play a game related to the text.

  Vocabulary On this page, you will find a list of 9 words related to Unit 6: Hiking, Biking, and Walking around Costa Rica. Also, an extra video and a practice are included.  __________________________________________________ 1. Hiking (verb)  ​/ˈhaɪ.kɪŋ/ Def.  The activity of going for long walks in the countryside. E.g., Luis is hiking Cerro Pelado.​ _____________________________________________________ 2. Camping (verb)  ​/ˈkæm.pɪŋ/  Def.   The activity of staying in a tent on holidays. ​ ​ E.g. , We used to go camping in La Fortuna when I was a child.​ __________________________________________________ 3. Bird watching (noun)  /ˈbɝːdˌwɑː.tʃɪŋ/  Def.  The hobby of studying wild birds in their natural environment.  E.g., Juana listed birdwatching among his hobbies.​ _______________________________________________________ 4. Scuba diving (verb) ​ /ˈskuː.bə ˌdaɪ.vɪŋ/ Def.  The sport of swimming underwater with special breathing equipment.​ E.g.,  He often spends time scuba diving.

Grammar On this page, you will find an explanation and the differences between the future tense with "will" and "going to". In the end, you will find homework that can be answered in the comments section.    ________________________________________________ Future: will and going to A very confusing concept is when to use "will" and when to use "going to" when we refer to the future. Both refer to the future and there is a slight difference between the two though in most cases they can be used interchangeably with no difference in meaning. Even if you misuse them, a native speaker is going to understand you without any problems. _________________________________________________                   When to use "going to"  1.  Prior Plan:  When we have already decided or we INTEND to do something in the future.   They're going to hike the mountain. I'm going to accept the trip offer. 2.  Evidence:  When there are definite signs th

Teachers   Valery Trejos Padilla. Click here to see teacher Valery's Resumé. _______________________________________________ Johan Cruz Vargas. Click here to see teacher Johan's Resumé.